The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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7 The Recovery Program
7 The Recovery Program
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This chapter will describe the general organization of the recovery efforts, the development of a "new Armero," and other special recovery issues. ORGANIZATION OF THE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES In the first weeks, the relief activities were directed, for the most part, by the Red Cross and then by the Colombian Civil Defense.
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With respect to the losses caused by the November 13 eruption, Resurgir's responsibilities included providing housing, food, employment, reconstruction, and urban development and verifying the identities of survivors. Meetings of the participating agencies, including representatives from the international assistance groups, Colombian agencies, and the private sector, were to be held in Bogota and in the disaster region.
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The camp administrators noted that there was some fluctuation in the overall numbers as well as in the specific residents as families entered and left the refugee camp system. Also, more distant camps were being phased out and families transferred into the camps nearest Armero.
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Food was donated by other organizations or purchased locally by the Red Cross. In the camps where families had independent cooking facilities, the food was distributed directly to each family based on the number of persons.
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By February, the newspapers were reporting that the level of complaints was escalating, noting that some camp residents were voicing increasingly stronger complaints about the quality and quantity of the food being provided them, the uncertainty of when and what kind of food would be distributed each week, and the perceived slowness with which the recovery agency was moving toward permanent solutions to the problems of the Arm ero survivors (E1 Tiempo, 1986~. The newspapers also carried accounts of demonstrations held both in Bogota and in the disaster region by disaster refugees to voice dissatisfaction with the speed of the recovery program.
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Reconstruction planning often involves the progressive use of distinct housing stages such as emergency shelter, temporary housing, and finally permanent housing. Tent camps are considered as emergency housing.
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Another typical controversy arising after many urban disasters involves the conflict between the urgent need to rebuild quickly and the need to carefully redevelop the city so that it can avoid similar disasters in the future. In the Armero instance, little thought was given to redeveloping the original townsite.
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Both municipal leaders and those representing commercial interests in other towns in the disaster area were hopeful that the national recovery program would ultimately provide assistance to help them overcome the losses they had sustained with the disruption of commercial activities in the area. The verification of residency in Armero also was fraught with difficulties, especially since many local records were lost in the disaster.
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In disaster-stricken communities in which the social structure remains intact, whatever the physical damage, it is fairly likely that the reconstructed community will resemble the former community both in terms of principal activities and economic leadership. The best way to promote the reestablishment of the previous functions fulfilled for the region by the town of Armero may remain a major issue for recovery planning for some time to come.
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